vim-multiple-cursors
Dev tools
editor plugin
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
14 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 3 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score +0.38.
Idea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Multiple cursors are a useful interactive editing approach
From 2 comments
For everyone here writing that they don't see a need for this because vim has macros/regexp's: Please, please, try it out. I'm telling you, this is leaps and bounds above…
edanm on HNSurely it's most obvious value is it's 100% interactive.
lttlrck on HN
Good work on a hard Vim problem
From 2 comments
Issues: > * Multi key commands like ciw do not work at the moment > * Single key commands that do not terminate properly cause unexpected behavior > * Undo behavior is…
adimitrov on HNLooks great tma! Will give this a spin as soon as I can.
pw7 on HN
Objections
Bugs with multi-key commands, undo and performance
From 2 comments
Issues: > * Multi key commands like ciw do not work at the moment > * Single key commands that do not terminate properly cause unexpected behavior > * Undo behavior is…
adimitrov on HNThe rendering of multiple cursors is really buggy in tmux + vim, to the extent that it's hard to tell what has been selected. I have used this command for the purposes of…
rane on HN
Selecting many matches by hand is tedious compared with regex
From 2 comments
I've been trying it, and do find it nice for small things, but a bit tedious for bigger things. Taking one of the examples in the animated GIF on the linked page, if you want to…
_delirium on HNI must admit that I see little value in it given great capabilities that Vim already has. The three example edits can be made using regular expressions and macros.
grn on HN
Requests
Find-all that creates cursors on regex matches, as in Sublime
From 2 comments
> with multiple cursors you have to select every single comma to 'initialize' the cursors. I hear this. Hopefully, the author will be able to implement what Sublime has: a find…
losvedir on HNlosvedir is right, in ST, "Find" will automatically create separate cursors and takes regex's. I used to also have plugin for ST1, which allowed you to do common things like…
edanm on HN
Fix undo behavior
From 2 comments
Issues: > * Multi key commands like ciw do not work at the moment > * Single key commands that do not terminate properly cause unexpected behavior > * Undo behavior is…
adimitrov on HNAbsolutely fine, I love that you're doing this! I'll give it a run tonight when I have some free time, maybe even look into the undo-stuff, which I think is most important to me.
adimitrov on HN
Questions
What font is used in the example GIFs
From 1 comment
what is the font used in the example gifs
aeon10 on HN
Alternatives named
Vim regex search and replace and macros
From 3 comments
I must admit that I see little value in it given great capabilities that Vim already has. The three example edits can be made using regular expressions and macros.
grn on HNIt looks to me like using a regex is more practical, something like :10,20s/poorly_named_var/nice_var/g
nkuttler on HNI do this: *Ncw (then change the variable name) Then just n.n.n.n. until things are replaced.
susi22 on HN
Magnar Sveen's multiple-cursors.el for Emacs
From 1 comment
If there is one thing I love about vim, sublime, light table, etc.. is it gives emacs fans new things to implement in elisp! But seriously, I love the work that has been going…
codemac on HN
Sublime Text multiple selection
From 1 comment
> with multiple cursors you have to select every single comma to 'initialize' the cursors. I hear this. Hopefully, the author will be able to implement what Sublime has: a find…
losvedir on HN